Competition (Amendment) Act, 1996
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Amendment of Schedule to Principal Act. |
9.—Paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subparagraph (1) of the following subparagraph: | |
“(1A) The Minister may assign to one permanent member of the Authority the title, ‘Director of Competition Enforcement’, and such a member to whom the Minister assigns the said title shall, without prejudice to his membership of the Authority, have the following functions, namely— | ||
(a) to carry out an investigation, whether on his own initiative or as a result of a complaint to him from any person, into any contravention of section 4 or 5, or subsection (2), (5) or (7) of section 2 of the Competition (Amendment) Act, 1996, that he suspects has occurred or may occur, | ||
(b) to make recommendations and give advice to the Authority as respects the institution by the Authority of proceedings under— | ||
(i) section 6 in relation to any matter, or | ||
(ii) section 3 (6) of the Competition (Amendment) Act, 1996, in relation to an offence under subsection (2), (5) or (7) of section 2 of that Act, and the enforcement generally of the provisions of this Act, | ||
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(c) subject to the provisions of this Act, to carry out such other duties as the Authority may from time to time assign to him.”. |